Draft equalizer



A. BEATON.

DRAFT E QUALIZER.

APPLICATION FILED FEB- 4, 1922.

1A3 8,334., Patented Oct. 24,1922.

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This invention relates to draft equal .izers, and more particularly to.a device which is intended :tor use when there are two or morehorses inthe lead and which willequalize the draft on all the horses. 1

i lit also has for one of its objects to provide a device whichwilllower the drafton the pole team,

back bands and belly bands on the horses remove any pressure from theforming the pole team and which will lower the traces of the pole teamthereby preventing any rubbing of these members against the sides of thehorses forming thepole 1 team. U

l Further objects are tomake a direct draft from the lead team or teamsto the wagon to which the pole team is hitched, to eliminate lead rodsand whiiiletrees for the leadteams,

to provide a device that is simple and not liable to go out of repair,and generally to adapt the severalparts to better perform the functionsrequired of them. i i

, improved The invention consists essentially of the constructionparticularly de scribed in the following specification and accompanyingdrawings forming part ofthe same and set forth in the appended claim.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved draftequalizer.

Figure 2 is a plan view of the same.

Figure 3 is a transverse sectional view through the main tug.

Figure 4 is a fragmentary view of a hame, showing the means usedforconnecting of the improved equalizer thereto.

Figure 5 is a plan view of the equalizing member. i

Referring to the drawings:

A indicates a metal tug or connecting element preferably made of. steel,having at one end means to connect with the equalizing bar B and at theother, means toconnect with a strap or bar G which extends to the hame.Means to connect with the equalizing bar B include parallelspaced'plates 10 and llsupporting a pin 12 between them which ispivotally connectedto the equalizing bar B as by engaging in an open eye13 atone endoiithe same. i ibove theplates 10 and 11 an eye oi floofgrfit is provided to receive the backhand of the horse, while at the bottom of theplate 10' an' ottsetarrd inclinedeo loop or eye 15 1s provldedadapted toleng gage withthe belly band of the horse. U

Theequalizing bar B is made OistrOng and durable steel and is curved orinclined from one end to the other as shown, being provided intermediateof its length with a pivoted shackle 16 which, if desired, may bereplaced by a perforation or eye in the equalizing bar itself and aplurality of on the end of the spaced orifices 17 and 18 bar remotefromthe eye 13. The shackle16 is designed to be connected to a suitable hookor tug 19 on the trace 23 which leads 1 to a whifiietree D, (see Figure2).

The connection between the tugA and the 7 5 member Gcomprises aU-shapedmember 2 1 having pivoted pin 25 which extends through a loopedend of the member C, the opposite end of the member embracing a,

pivot pin 26 supported in lugs 27 connected to the hame E. The lowerbracket 26 is formed with an extension lug 28 carrying a ring 29 fromwhich depends a strap 30 which may be conveniently connected to thefront team and whichis connected at its op posite end to the equalizingbar B as hereinafter described. i i a In using the invention, a trace 23is hitched to the shackle 16 and to the whiflietree D of the wagon, asshown in Figure 2. Should a second team of horses be employed in frontof the pole team, the shackle 16 thereof is removed to [the orifice 17immediately over that engaging the trace 31, and

any unemployed remaining orifices are used infa similar way if there aremore horses pulling the load.

When several teams of horses are pulling a wagon, the pole team isusually the one makingthe first pull forward and, on such a movement,the curved arm or equalizer will be' drawn backward which will tightenthe traces of the front horses hitched to the equalizing bar B. i

It will thus be seen that the front horses v on their first move forwardwill operate a direct pull on the lead as well as the pole horses,through the medium of the equalizing bar B.

As many changes could be madein the i above construction and manyapparently widely different embodiments of my invention Within the scopeof the claim, constructed Without departing from the spirit or scopethereof, it is intended that all matter contained in the accompanyingspecification and drawings shall be interpreted as illustrative and notin a limiting sense.

What I claim as my invention is:

A draft equalizer comprising a body portion having a central section,spaced integral plates on one side of the central section a connectingpin hetween said plates, one of the plates having an offset inclined eyeintegral therewith, a U-shaped member, formed integral With the bodyportion on the opposite side to that on Which the plates are formed, apivot pin mounted in the said U-shaped member a tug having an end extending around the pin means for connecting the opposite ends of the tugto :1 heme, an equalizing bar having an open eye by which it may beconnected to the pin between the spaced plates, means at the other endof said equalizing bar to receive a trace end and a shackle mounted onthe bar intermediate of its length adapted to receive a trace end.

In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of twowitnesses. ANGUS BEATION. lVitnesses:

ALFRED E. CAMPBELL, Gel-ion WV. SIsIUs.

